Blotting appliance



J. H. HEDBERG. BLOTUNG APPLIANCE- APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9. 1919.

Patented June 29, 1920.

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17 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JoHAN HILDING HED- BERG, a sub'ect of the King of Sweden, residing at -Ielsingborg, Sweden, have in vented certain Improvements .in Blotting Appliances, of which the following is a specification. I I I When signatures are written successively in large numbers, a great deal of time is wasted in the employment of the usual blotting-appliances such as a loose blotting-paper or pad which is easily mislaid and has to be looked for. Even if, as has been proposed, a blotting roller or pad is connected to the tail end of a pen-holder so that it can be applied by means of the latter to the writing, the writer has for this purpose to change his grip on the pen-holder, which means trouble and waste of time.

The object of the present invention is to produce a blotting-appliance which, being connected to thepen-holder, can be instantly applied by a mere turn of the pen with the hand without the grip on the pen-holder being altered, and consists in the combination.

with a small flat blotting paper support held by a projecting neck at or near a corner of the blotting paper support so that, attached to the nib end ofthe pen-holder, it willhold the blotter away from the holder in a leftwardly and rearwardly projecting In such position the blotter will, without obstructing the pen or interfering with the free use thereof, be ready for immediateand convenient application to the writing as above described.

In the accompanying drawings the 1nven-' tion is illustrated by way of'example,

Figure 1 showing the position of the pen and blotting-appliance while the writing is in progress, and

Fig. .2, the position ofthe same when the writing is blotted. I I Fig. 3 is a view of the blotting-appliance by itself and in the same position as in Fig. 2.

Fig. l is an elevation of the appliance, and

Fig. 5, a cross-section on the line a-a of Fig. 4.

position.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 29, 1920, Application filed'August 9, 1919. Serial No. 316,514.

clip 1 by means of which the device can be,

attached to a pen-holder, nearthe nib, in

about the manner shown in Fig. 1, with the I blotter projecting leftwardly and rearwardly in the gap formed by the thumb and the forefinger. It is adjusted in such a position as not to interfere with the free use of the pen and so that by a mere turn ofthe hand and the pen-holder, the blotting-paper I will be in a position for application to the writing, as shown in Fig. 2.

For holding the blotting papers spring clips 3 may be employed, the ends of the blotting-paper sheets being folded over opposite edges of the plate 2 and tucked under the springs as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The plate 2 and the clips 1 and 3 may be stamped out of the same metal plate and thus formed may be made up'of several superposed sheets of blotting-paper with a support of ordinary thick paper, the ends to be fastened to the glue apholder 2- being stuck together b ne of the plied to the assembled edges.

I free edges of the pad 5 is preferably beveled off, as shown at I -in Fig. 5, so as to facilitate I the removal of the single blotting-paper sheets as they become useless. I

If loose sheets are employed, the plate 2 is preferably lined with cloth, card-board or othersuitable material. V .An'alternatlve arran ement for fastening integrally witheach other. Suitable pads the blotting-papers iss own in Figs. 6 and .7 according to which the blotting-papers are 1 held by the over-turned edges of the plate support 2. Moreover, the clip 1, instead of being made integrally with the plate 2, is

attached to the top surface of the same.

The actual position of the blotting-appliance on the penholder may be varied according to taste and convenience. The shape of the clip 1- may be varied to suit different kinds of pen-holders. 4

I claim:

A blotting appliance comprising the combination with a small flat blotting paper support of a clip held by a projecting'neck at or near a corner of said SLlPPOIt'SO that, q attached to the nib end of a pen-holder, it 1 Willhold t herbloi zter, away from the pen- 10 holder in a leftwardly and rearwardly proj ecting. position, substantially as, described and illustrated '7 y JOHAN HILDING HEDBEBG. lVitnes sesi H i 1 'THOS. I. IMK,

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